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The Joe Corrie project : cage load of men [sound recording on CD]

The Bowhill Players2012
Music CDs
Selection of songs celebrating the poems of Joe Corrie, a poet and playwrite from Cardenden. The poems have been set to traditional music. The CD includes the song written by William Hershaw titled Joe Corrie. Joe Corrie (1894-1968) moved to Cardenden at a young age and went to work in the local coal mine in 1908. His poetry was inspired by the mining communities of West Fife and explore socialist themes. His best known work, the play 'In Time of Strife' is about life in a Fife mining community during the General Strike.
Imprint:
Glenrothes : The Studio K Mobile, 2012.
Collation:
1 sound disc (15:47)
Performers:
Musical Director: Erik Knussen ; Kelly Buchanan - vocals, guitar ; Fiona Forbes - Vocals ; Sandie Forbes - Fiddle ; Roseann Gooder - vocals ; David Hershaw - vocals, guitar, mandolin ; William Hershaw - vocals, guitar, mandolin ; Erik Knussen - vocals, double bass, cello, percussion ; Jenn Knussen - clarsach ; Davey Stewart - vocals ; Kirk Suennes - drums ; Louise Timney - vocals, fiddle.
Contents:
Joe Corrie (2:22)Mitherless Bairn / O lassie Will Ye Gang? (3:29)The Common Man / Grace Before Food (3:10)Cage Load Of Men (3:02)The Pedlar (4:15)The Wind that Shakes The Barley (1:50)It's Fine Tae Keep In Wi The Gaffer (2:03)That's The Way It Goes (3:05)Ain't No More Bings In Benarty (3:58)I Took My Way To Chapel (2:46)-- To A Pitheid Lass (2:05)In Hunter's Bar (2:08)The Lea - Licht O The Muin (2:16)Image O God (2:18)Gala Day (2:02)Joe Corrie - Reprise (1:32)
Local class:
F.I./MIN
Language:
English
BRN:
3455450
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